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Blood on the stage, 1975-2000 : milestone plays of crime, mystery, and detection : an annotated repertoire / Amnon Kabatchnik.

by Kabatchnik, Amnon, 1929-

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Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2012.

Detective and mystery plays -- History and criticism.

Detective and mystery plays -- Stories, plots, etc.

9780810883543 (cloth ; alk. paper) :

0810883546 (cloth ; alk. paper)

xxxvii, 608 pages ; 24 cm

Chicago (1975) / Fred Ebb Ebb, Fred, Bob Fosse Fosse, Bob, John Kander Kander, John 1 -- American Buffalo (1975) / David Mamet Mamet, David 11 -- Streamers (1976) / David Rabe Rabe, David 18 -- The Runner Stumbles (1976) / Milan Stitt Stitt, Milan 26 -- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1976) / Tim Kelly Kelly, Tim 29 -- Twelve Angry Women (1977) / Reginald Rose Rose, Reginald 33 -- Cause Célèbre (1977) / Terence Rattigan Rattigan, Terence 41 -- A Murder Is Announced (1977) / Leslie Darbon Darbon, Leslie 48 -- The Crucifer of Blood (1978) / Paul Giovanni Giovanni, Paul 55 -- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978) / F. Andrew Leslie Leslie, F. Andrew 61 -- No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1978) / Robert David MacDonald MacDonald, Robert David 65 -- Deathtrap (1978) / Ira Levin Levin, Ira 75 -- Buried Child (1978) / Sam Shepard Shepard, Sam 87 -- The Penultimate Problem of Sherlock Holmes (1978) / John Nassivera Nassivera, John 96 -- The Little Sister (1978) / Stuart Gordon Gordon, Stuart, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon Purdy-Gordon, Carolyn 100 -- Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979) / Hugh Wheeler Wheeler, Hugh, Stephen Sondheim Sondheim, Stephen 108 -- Murder at the Howard Johnson's (1979) / Ron Clark Clark, Ron, Sam Bobrick Bobrick, Sam 121 -- Agnes of God (1980) / John Pielmeier Pielmeier, John 127 -- Nuts (1980) / Tom Topor Topor, Tom 132 -- Extremities (1980) / William Mastrosimone Mastrosimone, William 136 -- Tricks of the Trade (1980) / Sidney Michaels Michaels, Sidney 142 -- Zooman and the Sign (1980) / Charles Fuller Fuller, Charles 145 -- Dracula (1980) / John Mattera Mattera, John 149 -- The Picture of Dorian Gray (1980) / Jack Sharkey Sharkey, Jack 153 -- The Green Archer (1980) / Tim Kelly Kelly, Tim 162 -- Frankenstein (1981) / Victor Gialanella Gialanella, Victor 176 -- A Talent for Murder (1981) / Jerome Chodorov Chodorov, Jerome, Norman Panama Panama, Norman 184 -- A Soldier's Play (1981) / Charles Fuller Fuller, Charles 189 -- Cards on the Table (1981) / Leslie Darbon Darbon, Leslie 192 -- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982) / Anthony Hinds Hinds, Anthony 194 -- Whodunnit (1982) / Anthony Shaffer Shaffer, Anthony 197 -- Moose Murders (1983) / Arthur Bicknell Bicknell, Arthur 201 -- Postmortem (1983) / Ken Ludwig Ludwig, Ken 204 -- Pack of Lies (1983) / Hugh Whitemore Whitemore, Hugh 213 -- Corpse! (1983) / Gerald Moon Moon, Gerald 220 -- Execution of Justice (1984) / Emily Mann Mann, Emily 223 -- Over My Dead Body (1984) / Michael Sutton Sutton, Michael, Anthony Fingleton Fingleton, Anthony 229 -- Fatal Attraction (1984) / Bernard Slade Slade, Bernard 233 -- The Mystery of Irma Vep (1984) / Charles Ludlam Ludlam, Charles 245 -- Cliffhanger (1985) / James Yaffe Yaffe, James 255 -- The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1985) / Rupert Holmes Holmes, Rupert 259 -- The Mask of Moriarty (1985) / Hugh Leonard Leonard, Hugh 273 -- Les Misérables (1985) / Alain Boublil Boublil, Alain, Claude-Michel Schönberg Schönberg, Claude-Michel, Herbert Kretzmer Kretzmer, Herbert 278 -- Never the Sinner (1985) / John Logan Logan, John 286 -- The Phantom of the Opera (1986) / Richard Stilgoe Stilgoe, Richard, Andrew Lloyd Webber Webber, Andrew Lloyd, Charles Hart Hart, Charles 295 -- The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 (1987) / John Bishop Bishop, John 308 -- Perfect Crime (1987) / Warren Manzi Manzi, Warren 312 -- Beyond Reasonable Doubt (1987) / Jeffrey Archer Archer, Jeffrey 319 -- The Woman in Black (1987) / Stephen Mallatratt Mallatratt, Stephen 326 -- To Kill a Mockingbird (1987) / Christopher Sergel Sergel, Christopher 334 -- Hapgood (1988) / Tom Stoppard Stoppard, Tom 339 -- M. Butterfly (1988) / David Henry Hwang Hwang, David Henry 348 -- The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (1988) / Jeremy Paul Paul, Jeremy 356 -- Sherlock Holmes-The Musical (1988) / Leslie Bricusse Bricusse, Leslie 362 -- The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire (1988) / Peter Buckley Buckley, Peter 364 -- Stained Glass (1989) / William F. Buckley Jr. Buckley, William F., Jr. 368 -- Travels with My Aunt (1989) / Giles Havergal Havergal, Giles 378 -- A Few Good Men (1989) / Aaron Sorkin Sorkin, Aaron 384 -- City of Angels (1989) / Larry Gelbart Gelbart, Larry, Cy Coleman Coleman, Cy, David Zippel Zippel, David 389 -- Assassins (1990) / John Weidman Weidman, John, Stephen Sondheim Sondheim, Stephen 395 -- Accomplice (1990) / Rupert Holmes Holmes, Rupert 402 -- Earth and Sky (1991) / Douglas Post Post, Douglas 405 -- Death and the Maiden (1991) / Ariel Dorfman Dorfman, Ariel 409 -- The Manchurian Candidate (1991) / John Lahr Lahr, John 415 -- The Invisible Man (1991) / Ken Hill Hill, Ken 419 -- Sweet Revenge (1993) / Francis Durbridge Durbridge, Francis 434 -- Murder Is Easy (1993) / Clive Exton Exton, Clive 437 -- Killer Joe (1993) / Tracy Letts Letts, Tracy 439 -- Murder in Play (1993) / Simon Brett Brett, Simon 447 -- Dracula (1995) / Steven Dietz Dietz, Steven 452 -- True Crimes (1995) / Romulus Linney Linney, Romulus 458 -- The Turn of the Screw (1996) / Jeffrey Hatcher Hatcher, Jeffrey 466 -- Getting Away with Murder (1996) / Stephen Sondheim Sondheim, Stephen, George Furth Furth, George 474 -- Jane Eyre (1997) / Polly Teale Teale, Polly 479 -- A Red Death (1997) / David Barr Barr, David 491 -- The Scarlet Pimpernel (1997) / Nan Knighton Knighton, Nan, Frank Wildhorn Wildhorn, Frank 496 -- Not About Nightingales (1998) / Tennessee Williams Williams, Tennessee 509 -- The Collector (1998) / Mark Healy Healy, Mark 521 -- The Talented Mr. Ripley (1998) / Phyllis Nagy Nagy, Phyllis 528 -- Art of Murder (1999) / Joe DiPietro DiPietro, Joe 536 -- Sherlock Holmes-The Last Act! (1999) / David Stuart Davies Davies, David Stuart 541 -- The Laramie Project (2000) / Moisés Kaufman Kaufman, Moisés 544.

Describes more than 80 full-length plays produced in the last quarter of the 20th century, with an emphasis on New York and London performances.

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